Erin
@theduckiest.bsky.social
I'm just here to complete my brand.
www.erinrussellwrites.com
www.erinrussellwrites.com
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“When did pedophilia become a partisan issue,” asks Talarico at #TribFest, when asked about the latest trove of emails re: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump.
“No one, including the president of the United States, should be able to cover up crimes against children.”
“No one, including the president of the United States, should be able to cover up crimes against children.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“When did pedophilia become a partisan issue,” asks Talarico at #TribFest, when asked about the latest trove of emails re: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump.
“No one, including the president of the United States, should be able to cover up crimes against children.”
“No one, including the president of the United States, should be able to cover up crimes against children.”
Ruth Reichl - Comfort Me With Apples. Food memoir. I was appropriately living in Italy when I read this, surrounded by the best food on the planet.
Dave Barry's Guide to Guide - Pulitzer Prize winners can be funny!
Dave Barry's Guide to Guide - Pulitzer Prize winners can be funny!
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Ruth Reichl - Comfort Me With Apples. Food memoir. I was appropriately living in Italy when I read this, surrounded by the best food on the planet.
Dave Barry's Guide to Guide - Pulitzer Prize winners can be funny!
Dave Barry's Guide to Guide - Pulitzer Prize winners can be funny!
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Are you a social media manager who is passionate about the culture and lives of Texans?
Our incredible social media manager was recruited for an exciting, glossy new opportunity, which means ...we’re hiring!
Come work with us at @thebarbedwire.com 💕
www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...
Our incredible social media manager was recruited for an exciting, glossy new opportunity, which means ...we’re hiring!
Come work with us at @thebarbedwire.com 💕
www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...
JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Social Media Manager
JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
www.journalismjobs.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Are you a social media manager who is passionate about the culture and lives of Texans?
Our incredible social media manager was recruited for an exciting, glossy new opportunity, which means ...we’re hiring!
Come work with us at @thebarbedwire.com 💕
www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...
Our incredible social media manager was recruited for an exciting, glossy new opportunity, which means ...we’re hiring!
Come work with us at @thebarbedwire.com 💕
www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...
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ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw
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Texas is one of the queerest states in America — 1.8 million of us, more than double the number of queer New Yorkers.
Welcome to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 , The Barbed Wire’s new space for queer life in Texas!
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Welcome to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 , The Barbed Wire’s new space for queer life in Texas!
Subscribe here: thebarbedwire.com/subscribe-bi...
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Texas is one of the queerest states in America — 1.8 million of us, more than double the number of queer New Yorkers.
Welcome to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 , The Barbed Wire’s new space for queer life in Texas!
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Welcome to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 , The Barbed Wire’s new space for queer life in Texas!
Subscribe here: thebarbedwire.com/subscribe-bi...
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Stop scrolling and go to bed! But first look at the comedy wildlife photo finalists from this year www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...
These images are for viewing only and must not be copied :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition
www.comedywildlifephoto.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Stop scrolling and go to bed! But first look at the comedy wildlife photo finalists from this year www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...
Thrilled for my first Food & Wine byline! I talked to nine Best New Chef alumni about where they like to eat in Austin.
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
Austin
A generation ago, Austin was a sleepy hippie town known for its music scene, Tex-Mex, and barbecue.
www.foodandwine.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Thrilled for my first Food & Wine byline! I talked to nine Best New Chef alumni about where they like to eat in Austin.
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
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I miss the good old days of reading endless spooky stories every Halloween, so we interviewed Texas historians and ghost tour guides — and combed the internet — to round up the scariest ghost stories from across the state. Thanks to those of you who contributed!
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/t...
The 13 Spookiest Texas Ghost Stories We Could Find
Experience the spookiest Texas ghost stories and discover chilling accounts of the supernatural. Are you brave enough to read them?
thebarbedwire.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I miss the good old days of reading endless spooky stories every Halloween, so we interviewed Texas historians and ghost tour guides — and combed the internet — to round up the scariest ghost stories from across the state. Thanks to those of you who contributed!
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/t...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The administration and its deep-pocketed allies sent up a trial balloon: Mourn, or else,” Tressie McMillan Cottom writes on the response to Charlie Kirk’s death. “Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.”
“The administration and its deep-pocketed allies sent up a trial balloon: Mourn, or else,” Tressie McMillan Cottom writes on the response to Charlie Kirk’s death. “Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.”
Opinion | This Is Not Free Speech
Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The administration and its deep-pocketed allies sent up a trial balloon: Mourn, or else,” Tressie McMillan Cottom writes on the response to Charlie Kirk’s death. “Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.”
“The administration and its deep-pocketed allies sent up a trial balloon: Mourn, or else,” Tressie McMillan Cottom writes on the response to Charlie Kirk’s death. “Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.”
"I knew that someday, years or perhaps decades down the line, when half of Gaza was still rubble and the other half Israeli skyscrapers, the magazine would offer a mea culpa. Maybe someone involved would end up considering it the biggest mistake of their career."
This account of what it was like to be the only Arabic-speaking fact-checker at the New Yorker is illuminating and well worth your time to read: bidoun.org/articles/hou...
House Arab
I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...
bidoun.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"I knew that someday, years or perhaps decades down the line, when half of Gaza was still rubble and the other half Israeli skyscrapers, the magazine would offer a mea culpa. Maybe someone involved would end up considering it the biggest mistake of their career."
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Texas folks! This Sunday, I'll be joining author David Hillis at the Austin Central Library for a conversation about writing, deep time, hill country ecosystems, and the Lone Star State's splendid natural history. Come through!
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Texas folks! This Sunday, I'll be joining author David Hillis at the Austin Central Library for a conversation about writing, deep time, hill country ecosystems, and the Lone Star State's splendid natural history. Come through!
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In this tumultuous moment, Texas is still unique in its mind-boggling extremes. Texas loves to pick on queer kids. Yet, Texas is one of the queerest states in the country. Nearly 20% of our residents were born in another country, but we’ve vilified those neighbors.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/10/t...
After a Year of Covering Texas, It Still Makes No Damn Sense
The wonderful, horrible, nonsensical nature of our schizophrenic state underlines why honest, independent journalism is so badly needed.
thebarbedwire.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In this tumultuous moment, Texas is still unique in its mind-boggling extremes. Texas loves to pick on queer kids. Yet, Texas is one of the queerest states in the country. Nearly 20% of our residents were born in another country, but we’ve vilified those neighbors.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/10/t...
"Our president says..." fuck all the way off.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Our president says..." fuck all the way off.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
So from my read, the subject of this article obviously torpedoed herself (like how most of her "evidence" comes from a psychic).
But in Trump's America, I'm not sure. Even my college-educated group text angrily said it was irresponsible to publish such misinformation.
But in Trump's America, I'm not sure. Even my college-educated group text angrily said it was irresponsible to publish such misinformation.
Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So from my read, the subject of this article obviously torpedoed herself (like how most of her "evidence" comes from a psychic).
But in Trump's America, I'm not sure. Even my college-educated group text angrily said it was irresponsible to publish such misinformation.
But in Trump's America, I'm not sure. Even my college-educated group text angrily said it was irresponsible to publish such misinformation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys, sender of racist tweets, and attorney for white supremacists — is making taxpayer money to represent people of color. County officials say there’s no rule against it.
via @stevanzetti.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
via @stevanzetti.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.
Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys and sender of racist tweets — is a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
thebarbedwire.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys, sender of racist tweets, and attorney for white supremacists — is making taxpayer money to represent people of color. County officials say there’s no rule against it.
via @stevanzetti.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
via @stevanzetti.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
A woman in my SMBC chat group was so pumped about Trump's promise to make IVF free so here's a reminder that he has still done jack shit about this and is probably going to backpedal to "restorative reproductive medicine" aka it's your fault you're infertile. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A woman in my SMBC chat group was so pumped about Trump's promise to make IVF free so here's a reminder that he has still done jack shit about this and is probably going to backpedal to "restorative reproductive medicine" aka it's your fault you're infertile. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
This is so fucking insane.
New from @iamleslierangel.bsky.social and me:
Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Then four enraged women — many of them mothers — refused to leave her side overnight. The slept in jail; are banned from Capitol grounds for a year.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/19/h...
Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Then four enraged women — many of them mothers — refused to leave her side overnight. The slept in jail; are banned from Capitol grounds for a year.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/19/h...
‘Women Have Always Been on the Front Lines.’ How Five Women at the Texas Capitol Stood Up to ‘Fascism.’
Rep. Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Four enraged women refused to leave her side.
thebarbedwire.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is so fucking insane.
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The Trump administrations wants to give your children diseases that we had already completely managed via inoculation so its friends can sell you treatment. Next up, new and improved smallpox!
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Trump administrations wants to give your children diseases that we had already completely managed via inoculation so its friends can sell you treatment. Next up, new and improved smallpox!
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you can sum up half of legacy media’s issues like this:
August 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
you can sum up half of legacy media’s issues like this:
I cannot believe Jim Bankoff is still the CEO of Vox Media when he is so bad at his job.
Solidarity with my friends at the shell that's left of Eater.
Solidarity with my friends at the shell that's left of Eater.
Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u
August 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I cannot believe Jim Bankoff is still the CEO of Vox Media when he is so bad at his job.
Solidarity with my friends at the shell that's left of Eater.
Solidarity with my friends at the shell that's left of Eater.
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At any moment on this planet there are people dying horrible deaths due solely to the natural lottery of where they were born, but this one is happening directly because our government is facilitating it.
July 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At any moment on this planet there are people dying horrible deaths due solely to the natural lottery of where they were born, but this one is happening directly because our government is facilitating it.
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Thanks to climate change, harsher flood events will require more rescue operations, resources, and rebuilding. But the current system “offloads everything to the volunteer,” says Chris Boyer, the executive director at the National Association for Search and Rescue.
In Flood Disasters, Community Matters More Than Ever. ‘Help’s Not Coming from the Government.’
Thanks to climate change, harsher flood events will require more rescue operations, resources, and rebuilding. But the current system “offloads everything to the volunteer,” says Chris Boyer, the exec...
thebarbedwire.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks to climate change, harsher flood events will require more rescue operations, resources, and rebuilding. But the current system “offloads everything to the volunteer,” says Chris Boyer, the executive director at the National Association for Search and Rescue.